Phodoryctis thrypticosema
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| Species: | P. thrypticosema
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| Phodoryctis thrypticosema (Vári, 1961)[1]
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Phodoryctis thrypticosema is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa and Zimbabwe.[2]
The larvae feed on Craibia brevicaudata. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a moderate, irregular, narrowly oblong, semi-transparent blotch-mine on the upperside of the leaf.
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